Christina Chappell v. Carolyn Colvin

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Christina Chappell v. Carolyn Colvin, 627 F. App'x 628 (9th Cir. 2015)

Christina Chappell v. Carolyn Colvin

Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff Christina M. Chappell appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Social Security Administration’s denial of disability benefits. We affirm.

*629 The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) did not err at steps four and five, as she gave specific, legitimate reasons based on substantial evidence for giving greater weight to non-examining sources than to treating and examining sources; specific, clear, and convincing reasons for finding Chappell’s testimony not credible; and germane reasons for rejecting Chappell’s mother’s lay testimony. See Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1111-14 (9th Cir. 2012).

Although the ALJ erred at step three by relying on Dr. Moore’s testimony to find that Chappell did not meet Listing 12.04’s paragraph C criteria when Dr. Moore did not specifically testify about the paragraph C criteria, the error was harmless in light of the other evidence in the record. See id. at 1115.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Christina M. CHAPPELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Status
Unpublished